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HIRAIVI S.COMBS, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO MARY F. SAUNIDERS, 0F NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

WIRE-NETTING MACHINE.

Specification kof Letters .Patent Patented Febr?, 1911.

Application iled July `2, 1909. Serial No. 505,659.

To all whom it may co'ltcem:

Be it known that I, HiRAM S. Comes, at present residing at Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved lVire-Netting Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that type of machines for making wire netting, the construction of whichis embodied in the reversely rotatable twister heads or devices thatoperate to twistl and interlace the wire strands together, means that cooperate with the twisters that move them back and forth in such manner as to form netting composed of a series of parallel wires that are twisted together at predetermined intervals to produce uniform meshes, and in which the twisting mechanisms operate under rightand left hand movement,-suitable coacting devices being also )rovided that automatically take up the wire from the bobbins and spools, and that autonmtically roll up the finished product..

In its' more specific nature, Amy present invention comprehends certain general and detailed improvements in the construction of the machine disclosed in Patent No. 743248 issued to'me'November 3. 1903, which im-4 provements will hereinafter be fully ex-' plained, it being here mentioned that my present improvements are. resultant from practical experience with the machine constructed as shown in the patent referred to, and the main! purpose of my present inven-I tion is to pro'vide a machine embodying the general characteristics of what is shown in the patent aforesaid, in which the coperative arrangement of the severa-l parts v,has been especially designed to overcome certain deficiencies in the accurate operation of the working pertsthereof to render the. operation the more positive, to increase the eiliciency and to materially reduce the cost of construction and operation.

In the prat'tical use of the machine disclosed in the patent aforesaid, while I haver found the operation of the several sub-mechanisms and the entire mechanism as practically accomplishing the results desired, I have also found that the cooperative arrangen'xei'lt ofthe several parts requires a too careful adjustment to render .them positive and accurate in their action, and particularly entailing a too expensive construction.

lAmong other features, the latch mechanism utilized in the patented'machine for holding the'shifter frames locked to their alternately shifted positions during the time the twister devices are reverselyrot-ated, I have found as especially requiring too many coacting parts, requiring accuracy of adjustment to so relatively set the latch or locking members to hold the shifter bars whereby a positive alinemcnt of the two alternately shiftable rotary twister head half-sections is provided for. Again, inthe use of the latchy devices 'shown -in the' patent aforesaid, the latch members being of a resilient nature and their adjustment being controlled by` shiftf ing of eccentric bushings at their fulcrum heads frequently necessitates sto page of the.v

machine to re-adjust the partsv or a perfect or positive, act10n.

My present 1nvent1on, among other lmportant features, comprehends an improved'construction of the means for actuating the shifter barsthat control the reversely rotatable movements of the twister heads and the proper setting or alining of the two halfse'ctions that constitute each twister head, and av much simplified means for positively .stopping the end thrusts iiropposite directions o the shifter frames, in which the yielding or resilient members and the eccentric bushing devices used in my patent \re-' ferred to are entirely dispensed with, and the construction of the means for' controlling the movement of the shifter frames and the twister heads is rendered much more economical, easier to manufacture and to assemble and adjust for actual use. v

Inl its more complete nature, my invention, 4in the means for controlling the movement 4of the shifter frames and devices for rotating" the twister heads, includes a new arrangeyment of cam devices for accurately effecting the throw of the shifter frames, that cooperate with .the crank pin, pitman and cross-head devices for actuating the rack- 'bars, in a manner similar to the means shown in my patent mentioned and hereinafter specifically. pointed out.`

Another object of my present invention is l the simplifying and arrangement of the twopart twister head gears or heads and the bobbins that coperate therewith, the latter in the .present construction being arranged to have a more positive mounting with respect to the socket ends of the upper'and lower creasing size of the take-up roller` proved wire netting making machine..

twister hea'ds with-,which they removably connect.

v My present invention also presents cer-v .tain improvements in the drive-gear mechanismthat-transmits the desired motion from tained on the netting-during the operation of manufacturing it. l

`In its still more subordinate features, my present invention-,consists in certain details of construction and peculiar combination of parts, all of which will be hereinafterfully described, specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure .l is a top plan view of my im- Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an end elevation, looking at the end'that carries the automatically adjustable tension devices hereinafter specifically pointed out. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of that end of the mavchine on which the tension devices are cross section thereof.taken mounted. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the spur equipped drum. Fig. 6 is a practically on the line '6 6 on Fig. 5. Fig. i 1s a side elevation of one of the twister bobbins, with the' upper and lower twister heads attached, the

upper head and a part of the upper end of the bobbin being in vertical section. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the end po'rtupper twister heads. Fig. 9 is a detail View of the bearing members that coact with the said upper head andthe bobbin. Figs. 10, 11, and 12 are views similar to Figs. 7, 8 and 9 but showing one of the lower twister members andthe bearing that coacts therewith. Fig. 13 is a plan viewv of the inner ends of the. shifter studs, the stop member at the corresponding end, and the slide shifting mechanism hereinafter fully explained. Fig. 14 is a side elevation. Fig. l5 is an end elevation of the rocker devices that connect with the shifter slides. Fig. 16 is a detail perspective view of one of the rockers. Fig. 17 is a diagrammatic plan view of the shifter slides and shows the end stops therefor.

V Fig. 18 is an end elevation ofthe cross head thateonnects with the rack bar that actuates thetwister heads. Fig. 19 isa 'plan view of the said cross head. Figs. 20 andV 21 and 22 v are detail sectional views of a portion of the take up roller hereinafter again 4referred to. Fig. 23V is a diagrammatic plan, and Fig. 23a`is an end view of the combined cam and crank plate, showing the same in position of having moved the roller bearings that join with'the shifter bars in one direction. Figs. 24 and 24 are like views of the said cam and crank plate showing the said rollers shifted tothe opposite position.

In ythe practical arrangement of my present invention, the main or supporting frame comprises vmain end members 12 upon which the twister' and wire net conveying and take up mechanisms are mounted and a supplemental end member 3 on lwhich the shifter bar, the take up and the conveyer actuating means are mounted in the manner vthrough 'a tension selvage device 87 supported on hangers 87a-87 in advance of the roller 87", the said device 87 comprising essentially a pair of horizontally disposed roller guides 871-875' and a pressure or tension roller 872, the journals of which are held in adjustably mounted boxes S, clearly understood Vby reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings. The warp wires 'w pass upwardly from t-he roller 87x through upper and lower twister gears to interengage with the woef wires w carried on the bobbins, all of which will be hereinafter fully explained.

14 designates a horizontally disposed drive shaft, the outer end of which is journaled in a boxing 43 mounted on a bracket 13 on the yframe standard or member Shaft 14 carries an adjustable collar 49 which, with the small bevel gear 12 on the outer end of the said shaft, holds the shaft from endwise play. Gear l2 meshes with a larger bevel gear 11 mounted on the upright drive shaft 15 mounted in the bearing brackets 15x-Maat the upper and lower ends of frame member 3, said shaft l5 having a driving pinion 10 at each end as best 5-5 designate longitudinal bed members that connect with the end frames :2 aud 3 'and upony the said members are bolted the parallel guide members 30-30 that-form the guides for a cross head 3l attached to a connecting rod or pitman 26, the outer end ceases 4tends up from the cross head 31 as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, it being obvious that the desired reciprocable motion is constantly imparted to lthe cross head 31 and its attached parts,'hereinafter described, so long as the power shafts 14 and 28 rotate.

The cross heads 30 (of which there is an upper and a lower) as now constructed, see Figs. 18 and 19 is a short bar of steel .whose outer edges are beveled to engage undercut adjacent edges of the'guide member 30l that is secured on the frame portions 5 by the stud bolts 5X and to provide for proper run,- ning of the head 31 through the guide 30 a gib or wear piece 32 is removably held on one side of the guide 30'which is arranged to be shifted to provide the desired perfect bearing of the parts bya set screw 32".

ln my patented machine before referred to, a train of gears comprising ten or more parts is provided for imparting motion from the main drive shaft to the net receiving and feeding drum, and the indicator de vices. This train of gearing I have dispensed with and substituted therefor the power transmitting mechanism best shown in Fig. 2, by reference to which it will be seen the shaft 14 carries a bevel pinion 38 that meshes with a like pinion 37 on a diagonally disposed shaft 36 journaled in bearing brackets 39 on the frame member 2, the upper end' of which carries al worm gear 46 held in mesh with a large gear 45 on ashaft 58 that extends across the top of the machine between the end members 1 and 2 and carries roller 57 that acts as a combined guide and pressing roller, it being hereinafter termed the back roller since it is located parallel with, but in the rear `of net receiving and backward conveying spur equipped drum 55, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. l

Shaft 58 carries a gear '53 that meshes with a larger gear 52 keyed on the shaft 54 i that carries the take-up and backward conl veying drum 55, the construction of which .f

is shown in detail in Fig. and it consists of a head formed of aseries of segmental sections wedged together to form the cylindrical surface and whose ends are held fast by reason of extending into annular sockets 52X? formed on the inner faces of the gears 52. Un each of the sections '55X is attached a series of center clips -or spurs 101, cach having a curved base 101x for conveniently screwing them into the wooden sec` tions 55X. Cooperating with the clips 101E is a series of other clips 10Q- 102, 'they being, in practice, arranged in rights and lefts,'and these clips are mounted on the sections 55x at points midway each transverse pair of clips 101, the outer ends of said clips 102-102 alining horizontally with the other clips. Clips 101x, of which, in practice, there are preferably 55 and the end clips '102, which engage the selvage ends of the netting are spaceda distance equal the distance between every four teeth of the racks that actn ate the twisters hereinafter described, so as to provide for a uniform backward conveying [of the netting as it passes up ,from the numerous twister heads onto the vsaid roll 55. rllhe netting, as it is conveyed backwardly from the roll 55 passes under the back roll 57 and from thence to the take up roller 80 that is journaled in 4open bearings' formed in the horizontally and rearwardly projected extensions of the frame portions 1x and 2x and the same in practice isdetachably supported in its bearings in any suitable Inanner to permit its being readilylifted out to permit the removal of the net roll`| therefrom. y

In my present construct-ion, I forni the shaft 78 of the take up roll olf-two sections joined by a hinged connection or universal joint 7 9i in such manner that the outer end of the said shaft 78 can be lifted out of its open bearing to permit of sliding off the wire rolled thereon- The shaft section 478x carries a hand wheel 29 for starting the wind of the netting and it also has attached toit aband pulley 61 over'which takes an endless belt (31x that passes over a flanged pulley` mounted on a stud 77 on the main frame and carrying a gear that meshes with ajg'ear 59 on the back roller shaft 58 and through which rotary motion is imparted to the take up roller nefore referred to.

For guiding the netting to the gradually increasing roll as it winds on the take-up roller, yielding guide devices are `provided, consisting of side l arms 81 fulcrumed at their inner ends 813-81 on the main frame 'and connected by across or stay rod 81",

and in the said arms 81 are mounted guide rolls 80x-80x between which the netting passes as it 'feeds onto thev take-upy roll, and t0 sustain the arms 81 as desired each has a hook 81a to receive supporting chains 81C, as shown.

.In my present construction of wire net-'l ting machine, I have included an .improved construction of tension means best shown in Fig. 4, by reference to which it will be seen a presser roll 73 is mounted in the outer bifurcated end of an arm 72 clamped on a stub shaft journaled' in a long bearing 71 and which has a pendent lever arm 69 clamped therein, the lower end of which has a series of apertures 69x for a coupling pin GJY for adjustably connecting the lever 69v with a traveling weight vcarrying arm G8 that also carries a roller G8a that rides on an arm 67 fulcrumed on a stud1 76 and on which hangs a U-shaped bracket 68c upon which the weight68d is suspended.- Arm 67 is also formed with a series of apertures ltlO l 67a to receive a lock pin 67b for adjustably connecting an arm 66, the upper end of which pivotally joins with one of a pair of arms 63 fulcrumed at 65 on the outside of frame member 1 and which carry a flanged idler pulley 62 that rides on the endless belt that conveys motion to the take-up roller.

By arranging the tension means in the manner shown and described, the desired frictional tension of the endless drive belt on the pulley that drives it and the' take-up roller is automatically maintained and at the same time an automatic shiftin of the weight on lever arm 67 is eected since the gradual increase ofwire wound upon the take-up roller relatively swings lever 72 upwardly and the lever 69- outwardly, the movement stated of the latter serving to gradually roll the weight outwardly on'the arm 67.

The shifter slides and the operating means kardon-In my present machine, the construction of the shifter slide mechanism and the means for actuating the s'ame forms the 'most essential feature of my invention and at this point it should be stated that from practical experience with machines of the type generallydisclosed in my patent hereinbefore mentioned, the eliciency of the machine and the desired grade of the product is 'dependent on a positive and accurate shifting and temporary locking or stopping of the said shifter bars during the operation of twisting the warp and Woof wires to the desired mesh.`

Since 'the construction and operation of the upper and lower sets of slides and their actuating means as also the upper and lower twister heads and their operating means are alike, a detailed description of but one set of the said several devices or mechanisms will suffice for both sets.

91 designatesxthe front slide and 92 the `back slide, and each of vwhich has a corresponding number of semicircular alternately coacting bearings for the half gearsof -thetwister heads combined with the bobbins, to be presently described.- Eachof the slides 92 and4 91 has a longitudinal groove 921-91a on the inner or rubbing face-that register and form the .slideways for'the rack bars that actuate the twistersand, each of the slides 92-91 has an under eut seat 92-91b the cam devices l84-8 have such connection at the end-next the frame 2 to receive the inner ends of the link or-thrust members 25-25 that impart the reciprocable movements to the slide barswhen actuated by the cams 8-Say shown in detail in Fig. 13, and

v presently ,againl referred to, the said members 25-25 beingsecured by the coupling pins sai-910. f j j At th1s point it should be stated that while with the links 25 that they impart a predetermined' amount of movement alternately to the slides, to prevent the slightest variance of the slide movement provided for by a prior adjustment of the parts, I have provided stop'hars 86-86 that are made fast to the framing and extend transversely thereof and in line to be engaged by the shouldered ends 92d-91d of the slides, said bars being so positioned relatively to the twister devices and the cams 8--8a that the slides, when they shall have Ibeen moved so their gear seats, are in perfect alinement will engage the stops 86, which, it should be stated, also serve another and important function, since in connection with the cams 8 8 they form a means for positively locking the slides to their shifted position during the time the twister heads do their work. That understood attention is now directed to Fig. 13, which shows in detail the construction of the combined cam and locking gear devices and the oscillating' devices controlled by the cams and which connectvwith ther link arms 25-25. The .oscillating devices consist essentially of a rocker 19 comprising a central ylong hub 19a mounted upon a bushing 20, in turn mounted'upon a stud pin 21 having a the frame, portion 5, the lower end bein upper end having a threaded tap 21c to receive a clamp screw 21d that seats in a countersunk aperture in a short longitudinally extended brace 22 that fits inthe top of the hub 19a and is bolted to the frame piece 5 as shown.

"Hub 19a has a pair of transversely projected wings 19", eachl of which is substan- ,tially of triangular shape, the outer or corrner ends of each of which have'vertically alining apertures to receive the coupling `pins 24 and 24a, a third wing 19 beingpro. jected tor one side which alsohas an aperture in t-he outer endvthat registers with the other apertures at the corresponding side that receive the coupling pin 24a'. Pins 24 are utilized for coupling the ends of the link arms 25-25 to the rockers while the pins 24a-24 are used as bearings for rollers 23-23 oppositely disposed and positioned in different horizontal planes to bring them in proper horizontal alinement with the two cams 848 with which they at all times are held 1n engagement.

The cams 8 8a Aare formed on a single disk like plate, the construction of which is views thereof, Figs. 23 and 24 by-reference to which it will-be noticed the two lcam portions are of identical shape and arranged `as opposites ,so that as one cam is* `pushin against its coacting roller bearing 23, an pushing one link member 25, the other cam portion is relatively so positioned that the other roller bearing 23 and the link member this feature of my invention may be readily .best shown in diagrammatic plan and sidel stepped portion 21a that passes down through threaded toreceive a clamp nut 21b and the 95 connected thereto is forced in'the opposite direction, the movement of the two members 25-25 being such that a maximum sliding action of the two bars 91-92 has been effected with the shoulder 911 abutting the innermost stop bar 86, see Figs. 13 and 17 and the shoulder 92L at the front end abutting the stop bar 86 at such end, as clearly shown in Fig. 17, by reference to which it will also be noticed that when the slides 91-92 have been thus shifted to the limit of the movement the half bearings for the twister headsare in perfect-alinement y and to positively hold them locked to such position during the time the twister mechanisms accomplish their work I have constructed the 4cam devices in the manner best shown in Figs. 23, 23a, 241 and 24a to which reference is now made.

`When the slides 91-.92 are as in Fig. 17

rthe link arms and the rocker devices are as indicated in Fig. 13, the roller bearings 23-23 being similarly positioned in Fig. 23.

It should be stated the two cam faces, designated the upper and the lower, are constructed alike, but are oppositely*disposedY and constructed in such manner that as the cam portion approaches roller 23 with the uprise face ,.the declining surface lof the lower cam portion that coperates with the face is just crossing the lower or opposite roller, thus allowing the rocker devices, as they are now being shifted by cam action on the upper roller 23 to shift the arms 25 and at the same time hold and push the other or lower roller 23 against the declining cam face it being understood that while this action is going on the correspondingly shaped cam faces m-lx on the diametrically opposite side of cam disks 88a are dead and these will not come into play until the disks 8 8 complete the next half revolution.

lt will be not-iced that each cam disk has two circumferential bearing surfaces, one of which m2 is of-a larger radius than the other m3, the smaller surface extending from the innermost dip of the cam portion at one side, to the beginning of the outward inclines rm at the other side, it being understood that the bearing surfaces 2-m3 on the upper and' lower cam dislQportionsB--Sal being oppositely disposed so that, assuming the camsto be turning in the direction of the arrow y on Fig. 23, whenthe high partof 'cam :a2 en.

gages roller 23, the lower or smaller radius face w3 ion the lower cam will be engaging the other wheel 23 and as both rollers or wheels 23-23 now engage cam faces of true circles but relatively smaller diameter, both rollers will be positively held to the position shown in Figs. 13 and 23 untillthe cam faces 00L-x2 at the opposite side come into play when the positions of the rollers v23--23 are ,changed to that shown in Fig. 23a and the arms 25-25 and the slides 91-92 are' correspondingly shifted to the opposite direction and position indicated in Figs. 13 and 17 and are held positively locked to the said position until 'the first described cam faces w and m2 again come around into action. It will be also noticed from Figs. 1, 2, 13, and 23,` that the wrist or crank pin on the actuating cam is so located, relatively to the cam portions that when the rollers23-23 have beenmoved to the position shown in Fig. 23,

. the pit-man that moves the cross head that controls the rack bars that actua te the twister heads is v at its foremost position and is now ready to pull the said cross head backwardly, which movement continues until the pin reaches the position shown in Fig. 23a, that is, during the period the slides 91-92 are held locked to the position shown in Fig. 17 the twister heads are rotated in one direction to interlace the wires w-w, it being understood the same motion in a reverse direction is transmitted to the twister heads after the rollers (and the slides 25-25) have been shifted to the position shown in Fig. 23a.

The twister mechanism, the construction tion and to its flat face at the Yupper end is Thel riveted the singleA twister blade 95g. lower end of the member95 has a pendent circular port-ion 95, one face of which has .the entrance 951 to the wire aperture d that extends up through the member 95 and ends back of the twister blade 95", and the said portion 95 also has a screw socket 95e to receive the screw 'stud 95f, the lower end of which has a stepped bearing f to seat in a tubular top head 100a for the bobbin 100.

- Coperatively connected with the half section 95 is the half section 96 that has a flat face for engaging the lat face of section 95 .and flanges at the upper or lower edges that project over the upper and lower faces of the slide bars 91-92 and the said halfsection is also formed with a wire passage 96 as clearly shown in Fig. 7

The lower twister devices or heads are constructed similar to the upper heads, and the said lower twister devices differ from like parts inthe patented machine referred to, in the tubular head or block 10()c normally, that is, when the bobbin is wound rests on ,the collar 97 b of a stud pin 97c whose lower end rides in a socket- 97*1 and whose upper or bobbin engaging stud 97h is normally held up in the bobbin by a coiled v spring 97f in an enlarged socket portion 97e.

through slot ZW as clearly shown in Fig.. 10,

:by reference to which it will be seen that to release .the bobbin it is'only necessary todepress the finger cgf'to force the stud 97h down out of the bobbin.

The half gear member of the lower head is vertically apertured as at g7 for the passage therethrough ofthe warp wire w that extends up from the guide roll, as clearly shown in the drawings. The take-up roll, in my present construction, is made up ,of a central shaft 78 and two half circle pipe sections 79e that are connected by cross links 79 centrally fulcrumed at 79a and. pivotally connected at their ends 79c to the brackets 79dl and each of the said' links has a spur adapted to project through slots in the casing vpipe sections so as to--form radial projections' for receiving the ends of the woven wire when the parts of the take-up roll are at their operativepesition, as shown .in Fig. 2l and to drop down below the periphery. of the said sections 79 when the parts of the roll are collapsed as shown in Fig. 2l.

In the general operation the wire shifting and twisting operations are effected in the manner well-known in this type of machines and as clearlydefined in the patent hereinbeforementioned, and hence the details of lsuch operation need not behere repeated.

Among .other and essential advantages found'in my present-construction is that the slides that carry the twister mheads are always shifted to a positively predetermined degree, back and forth, and are rigidly held, as it were, locked to the shifted positions during the entire operation of twisting,vthe yielding or rattling means for holding the slides such as have heretofore been provided having been entirely dispensed with. The

` other advantageous features of my present form will readily appear to those skilled in panying drawings.

this art, v from the foregoing description when` taken in 'connection with the accom- I- Iaving thus described my invention, what 1. .In a wire netting machine of the character described, oppositely shiftable divided twister gear carrying slides, a meansv for actuating the slides and the gears, and other lmeansfor positively stopping the slides at the limit of their 'predetermined movement.

'2. In a'wire netting machine of the char- I acter described, oppositely shilftable twistertwisting operation.

gear carrying slides, stops at' the limit of movement of the slides, and means Vfor actuatin the twisting gears and'locking the slides between the said stops during the wire 3. In a wire nett-ing machine'of the char- A acter described, alternating shiftable twister gear carrying slides 'and means for recipro- I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patcating the slides, actuating the twisting" the twister gears.

6. In a wire netting machine of the character described, alternately 'shiftable gear carrying slides, a shifting device therefor, and a cam for actuating the said shifting devicel at times and for holding the said derice locked to itsl shifted times. e

7. In a wire netting machine of thecharacter described, alternately shiftable twister gear carrying slides, a shifting device therefor, a cani for actuating the said shifting device and for locking the slides 'in their shifted positions and other devices for .operatingsaid cam.

8. In a wire netting machine of the character described, alternately shiftable twister gear carrying slides, a shifting device therefor, a cam for actuating the said shifting device and for locking the s ides in their shifted positions and other devices for operposition ,at other the twister gear actuated by Ithe ating the twister gear actuated by the said' Afor, the said device comprising a rocker member having oppositely disposed bearing portions and oppositely disposed link arms that join with the slides, a cam for engaging the bearing portions of the rocker member adapted for oscillating the said rocker member and having other portions for positively holding the rocker member to its oscillated position.

11. In a wire netting machine of thev character described, reversely shiftable vtwister gear carrying slides, a shifting device therefor," the said device comprising a rocker member having oppositely disposed bearing.

portions and oppositely disposed link arms that Join with the slides, a cam for engaglng the bearing portions ofthe rocker member adapted for oscillating the said rocker.

ing elements in combination; alternately shii'table slides, twister gears mounted thereon, rack bars for actuating'the gears, a device for shiftingvthe slides, a rotary caln for actuating; the shifting device7 a cross head connected with the rack bars, a crank pin on the rotary cam and a pitman connecting' the pin with the cross head, the said crank pin and the shifting device being` relatively arranged whereby the rack bars will be actuated While the shifter devices are held at rest.

13. In a wire netting machine of the character described, the combination With a set ol slides, each having half journal bcarings in their meeting faces, divided twister heads mounted in the said bearings,rack bars for rotating the gears, anda cam device for shitting 'the slides at predetermined times and lfor shifting. the rack bars when the slides are at rest.

14. The combination With the take up roll,` a drive gearing and an endless belt t drive that joins the gearing With the take up roll; of a tension device ,that comprises an angle lever rockably mounted and having one end held to engage' the product as it. is being Wound up on the take up roll, a'

Weight carry-ing lever arm fulcrumed on the framing, the tenslon pulley mounted on the drive belt arm that couples the pulley carrier `With 'the Weight carryinglever, the Weight having a roller bearing movable on the Weighted lever, the said -Weighthaving; a lever arm pivotally joined thereto and connected with the angle lever that engages the material being Wound upon the take-up HIRAM S. COMES.

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Witnesses Planer J. EDWARDS, Geo. H. VosBURGi-r. 

